I'm not finding droppings but haven't looked too hard either. Adobe Connect was all (or seemed to be) Flash which meant nothing new to install. WebEx is this ugly old school Java applet. - David Recordon
I feel for you. I hated using WebEx in the late '90s. Fast forward 10 years and you can still hate using exactly the same app I was using then. - Rick Turoczy
You kids should count yourselves lucky. Intel people can't seem to stop using NetMeeting. What do you think the REAL reason that they decided not to deploy Vista? That's right. It doesn't have NetMeeting. ;-) - Josh Bancroft
Wow, when I search for NetMeeting I get a Microsoft knowledge base article titled "What happened to NetMeeting?" - David Recordon
MS stopped letting people download NetMeeting in 1998. But it stayed in the OSes until Vista. It's quite handy in a pinch, actually. But I can't tell you how many hours of meetings I've sat through on the phone where we're all staring at someone's PowerPoint over NetMeeting... :-) - Josh Bancroft
“Sorry for the brief outage everyone. We had a major failure with one of our backends, and our recovery was slow. We are investigating now, and we apologize for the inconvenience.”
Will service credits be automatically applied to our account? - Wayne Schulz
I'm impressed by the way you guys handled this, +1 for Friendfeed - Cains
You should keep an eye on your backends. We are. ;-) - Brian Johns
It is ok. Occasional small glitches are ok if handled promptly - Varun Mahajan
Someone feed that monkey on the treadmill back there some more bananas. - Thomas Hawk
I would like a refund for my monthly service fee! :) @Sparky, i think you forgot a word, I'm guessing there should be a "on" between "eye" and "your". - Georgia Diehl
Server 1: "I am getting sick of all this serving crap." Server 2: "I am too. Let's simultaneously fail right now." Server 3: "Hey, great idea!" Server 4: "Don't leave me out!" - Bret Taylor
Server 5. "I'm so going back to work for Twitter!" - Louis Gray
Server 1: OK, who's going to serve up the Fail Whale, then? Server 3: That's Twitter, silly, we don't have a Whale. Server 4: I thought we had a Fail Cat? Server 2: You guys are all idiots. Server 1: Oh yeah? Well your mother serves ASP! Server 2: oh no you di'int! [chaos ensues] [/scene] - Josh Haley
Yes, that was dumb. I have no idea what drives people to do stupid things like that. - Robert Scoble
M for McCain, or possibly Michelle Malkin - Susan Beebe
Even if the guy screwed up and flipped it upside down and made a W, it would still kind of apply... - Jared Smith
how did he know you were an Obama supporter? - Shakeel Mahate
It was totally ridiculous. He started yelling at me for being a "f@%#ing socialist." It really is kind of a shame that the rhetoric has become that juvenile. - Dave Morin
Dave: I would have answered back: "I was just trying to join your club, Bush just nationalized our banks!" - Robert Scoble
Yeah, one word answer to that "socialist" thing - bailout - Adam Turetzky
Man, this socialist thing is just out of control and so inane. - AJ Kohn
Especially since the GOP is as socialist as the damned democrats... - Friend Feed's Tad
maybe if you weren't in there looking for a MICHELE Obama costume... - Mark Edwards
AJ: these are people who don't know what it's like to lose at politics and they are desperate. Their world view is that God was on their side and now they can't understand it, so they cling to labels like that hoping to find some moral victory. - Robert Scoble
@Robert: I agree that a lot of this is a 'fight the dying light' kind of mentality. They feel under siege and want to rally around something. It's just difficult to watch and difficult to hear. Sort of like the smart sci-fi robot being unplugged. "Elitist. Un-American. ACORN. Terrorist. Socialist. Socialist. Socia ...." - AJ Kohn
AJ: imagine being alive during the Civil War when we killed six million of each other over stupid stuff like this. - Robert Scoble
@Robert: Awful times for sure. I wonder what side God was on in *that* war eh? Jonathan Swift nailed it on the head long ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L... - AJ Kohn
AJ: God is always on the side of those who win. Don't ya know? - Robert Scoble
No, Robert, god is on our side. And their side. Bob told me. - WorldofHiglet
WorldofHiglet: I'm pretty sure God is not on my side. If she is she has a pretty cool sense of humor! - Robert Scoble
i think the appropriate response would have been to fake a russian or borat-type accent and say, "enjoy your democracy for another 10 days, you bloated capitalist pig! when the revolution comes..." [draw imaginary line with hand against throat indicating where it will be cut] [point to him] [celebratory terrorist fist-bump to nearest black person optional] - Karim
Karim: if you could pull that off on video you'd go viral! heheh! - Robert Scoble
LOL@[celebratory terrorist fist-bump to nearest black person optional] <-- I can't believe that is actually a serious and frightening image to some people - ♫ Rahsheen™
Robert: it'd make a perfect viral video for YouTube. I can see it know...100,000,000 views ;) - Amir H.
In the costume store? Were their children present? No child should have to hear their incoherent conservative babbling. I'd rather listen to a 3-hour lecture from Charlie Brown's teacher. - Mark Frost
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What was the initial attack? How did it start? - Mary Trigiani
Dropbox is great, can't recommend it highly enough. - Iain Baker
It is free. Just installed and first impression is good :) Could help moving files between wife (Mac :S) and me (Windows)... - Jemm
I can't speak highly enough of it. Great service - Duncan Riley
I use it daily from work and home and I've never had a problem...really slick UI and works with Windows Explorer really nice...so far so good with the beta! - Live4Soccer
Yup amazing. I use to manages my image folder across 3 comps. However I want more than 50gb so I can add all my music (I need about 90gb) - Toby Graham
Well I sent a DM to Soccer but just now saw how old this post is. Is it still invite only? - Lindsey
I think it still is....I was on my dropbox doing some stuff and I noticed I hadn't handed out my invites yet...hence the new post today! :-) - Live4Soccer
I got spare invites if anyone wants in - Toby Graham
I have not figured out how I can put it to good use (other than for sharing large files) but that seems like a matter of time only. It is simple AND brilliant. - Alexander Kohlhofer
I use it daily on 3 computers...pics, music, documents, etc....home Desktop, Laptop, and at work. Flawless and so easy to use....can't recommend it highly enough... - Live4Soccer
do not recommend this, from their privacy policy: "
Business Transfers. Dropbox may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including your Personal Information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy. " - https://www.getdropbox.com/ter... - paula simoes ☂
Good catch, paula and I don't put anything valuable on there...but they can have my stupid pictures and soccer club meeting minutes and field schedules if they want...I'd love to see them try to sell that stuff! But if you're dropping your banking files and social security number into the cloud, then you deserve to get punked, IMHO...just be smart about what you store... - Live4Soccer
About it being invite-only, I signed my mother up for an account without having to send an invitation. And not to brag or anything, but I have a free 50 GB account, so needless to say I'm raring to use it as soon as my main PC is fixed. :D - Voyagerfan5761
Drop box is awesome; i've been using it for about 2 weeks now - Gordon Swaby
This is fantastic. I just joined without an invite. Drop files into your DropBox directory and it is instantly unloaded to Dropbox. Two free GB. Sweet. - Russellreno
This is an app some friends and I built to encourage registrations among college students in exchange for concerts from Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, Wyclef Jean, and Jason Mraz. Check it out. By the way, alumni votes count. So help your school and help get more young Americans to the polls! - Christopher Sacca
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OMG I am so glad you did this! I had this idea last election and someone told me it would be akin to paying people to vote which would be illegal in some way. That's what I get for listening to others. - Erica Baker
We did a lot of research into this. Leaving it non-partisan keeps us in the clear. Or, so the lawyers tell us. :) - Christopher Sacca
What happens when they don't have any incentive? This disturbs me on some level, even if it is non-partisan. Let's face it, most professors aren't non-partisan. - Jill, Superhero Librarian
To me these things sign up uninformed, fairly apathetic voters. Often events / groups like this combine it with heavy propaganda on who to vote for. While in this case I suspect Chris has the best of intentions - I find the whole food / concert / pony ride for registration thing a bit iffy :) - Soulhuntre
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Wow. Only on FriendFeed can one find people opposed to voter registration drives. :) - Christopher Sacca
I'm not opposed to voter registration drives. I'm opposed to rewarding people for something they should do because it's a responsibility we have in this country. And even if you register these people, it doesn't mean they'll actually get to the polls. This demographic doesn't tend to vote even when mass drives result in tons registered. I think somehow you are still missing the bigger problem here. (And again, it's almost impossible to keep anything non-partisan on a college campus.) - Jill, Superhero Librarian
I'v been to a number of GOTV concerts on college campuses and all I've ever seen is *information* about the candidate(s) made available to the concert goers. Have you seen lots of *propaganda*, Soulhuntre? - Ayşe E.
@JMS I don't understand how making an effort to reach out to young people is so wrong. Do I think that all of these kids will register and show up? No. Just like all of the people who put stuff in their Amazon shopping carts don't necessarily end up checking out. Nevertheless, if I can help bring more awareness to the process and make it more accessible to young people, I will. - Christopher Sacca
I haven't said it's wrong. It's great to reach out. Are you listening? I said that I think it's wrong to reward them for doing something they should do because it's the right thing to do. Have a concert, fine. Don't make it a contest though. Have something that will draw a ton of this age group in and provide them with education. Again, don't make them win it. While it may not technically be illegal, it still seems rather unethical. That's what I'm saying. - Jill, Superhero Librarian
Ayse - have I every seen propaganda at registration drives? Hell yes I have. Most campus registration drives are not "register and vote" they are "register and vote - here, use this pen provided by candidate x, along with his tasty free soda. Oh, and remember, candidate bob really cares about you!". On paper is that what they claim to do? no. In reality is it what they do? Yes. Is that what Christopher is doing? I said I didn't think so. - Soulhuntre
As for the whole concept? Frankly i am not sure if I want people in the electorate who only registered cause their favorite band told them it was cool. - Soulhuntre
@Soulhuntre Oh, you mean in contrast to the really sophisticated analysis so many other voters make? :) - Christopher Sacca
@Christopher - adding MORE unthinking voters to the pool is not the answer to the ones already there. Frankly? I'm with Heinlein on this :) - Soulhuntre
getting people to engage is the first step - and if it takes a musician serving as an effective role model, then so be it. Having spent time with will and wyclef (via Chris), i'm confident their message to youth voters is about getting educated to make informed, powerful choices, not just rocking the vote because it's cool this year. - hunter walk
I'm always skeptical of people who need some kind of reward to care about voting. I can't help that. - Brian Norwood
Props to you and the brothers iLike, Sacca. Love it. - Dave Morin
+1 Christopher Sacca. JMS, what is your problem with rewarding people for doing things they "should" do, as long as the reward isn't coming out of your pocket? If I bake a pie, and decide to give a slice to people for voting, what business is it of yours? - Karim
JMS, aren't you familiar with the fact that George Washington won election to the Virginia House of Burgesses basically by getting all the eligible voters (white land-owning males) in the county drunk on rum punch? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...) Would you say Washington's actions were "not technically illegal" but "still seem rather unethical?" - Karim
we can't have YOUNG people engaged and interested in politics, oh noes! 'cause we know how THEY vote, wink wink nudge nudge say no more. - Karim
Soulhuntre, as for "Frankly i am not sure if I want people in the electorate who only registered cause their favorite band told them it was cool," I think it beats people who voted only because someone got them drunk off their ass. That's how Washington got his start in 1758. Madison once tried to NOT do this in 1777 (bribe the electorate) but found "the old habits were too deeply rooted to be suddenly reformed," and lost. - Karim
"The people not only tolerated, but expected and even required to be courted and treated. No candidate, who neglected those attentions, could be elected." -- James Madison - Karim
Soulhuntre, thx for your reply. Not questioning your response to Christopher; just curious what you regard as propaganda. Seems one person's propaganda is another's advocacy. But are we really concerned that people are influenced in their opinion by the use of a pen w/ a candidate's name on it? Seriously? When there's voter fraud,vote suppression, and outright disinformation afoot? - Ayşe E.
“The most "techie" FriendFeeders: http://scobleizer.com/2008/09/... -- got anyone else who deserves to be on this list? Post their FriendFeed URLs here and I'll consider them. Every one here has been hand picked by me and me alone.”
Bora: see my brother for that list. He likes cat photos. :-) - Robert Scoble
:( i'm so sad...ok, disappointed rather. I run techineurope & the flippin' Apps room! :) - Zee. Just Zee.
Boy I've come a long from being an ex-banker if I make your list Robert. Thanks for the inclusion. - Hutch Carpenter
I'm sure it's a lovely list for those who wish to focus on tech. With that said, I opt to not check it as I'm certain I'm not on it, and I see more tech in FF than I know what to do with already: Robert's Likes take care of that =) - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
I don't make the list? Aww. I think I am at least as technical (on my blog as well as FF) as a lot of the folks on your list. - Phil Glockner
I talk about tech that all of you guys are afraid to touch - chiefly an understanding of MS server products and the destruction of the net through the use of DPI (limiting bandwidth or even access to specific sites/applications across the net) and the abuse of DPI (phorm and their ad peddling scum).. do I qualify? - alphaxion
It's funny since I joined FF I've found that there's so much more to talk about than tech! You might not know it from what I post on here but I am a super tech-head geek. - Lindsay Donaghe
How in the hell does one even become 'techie' on FriendFeed without just aggravating the echo chamber? When I first came on here, I wanted to post techy stuff. Even got myself a blog on Profy before Profy became Profy but I found myself always nine steps behind everyone else. Seemed like a dead-end rat race to me so I went with just being adorably obnoxious instead. - Akiva Moskovitz
@akiva niching is your friend.. I seem to be the only one on here that can argue about active directory and the challenges to the core of power for MS that openLDAP and exchange-a-like apps such as zimbra pose instead of looking at a browser and declairing MS dead. - alphaxion
@alphaxion, I doubt you're the only one that _could_ but you're one of the few that really _wants_ to get into that kind of religious war. - Lindsay Donaghe
I am a "techie" but like others, I dont bother to post much "techie" around here because of the amount of tech. Not sure this list is even a worthwhile venture because ultimately what value will it provide? - Scott Jarkoff
Who has the THX home theater? Which brother was a dope and bought the PS3 just to have a BluRay player? And a techie who doesn't game? Boooring! - Alex Scoble CISSP
I don't see it as a religious war.. especially since I'm OS agnostic. I grew up with apples, acorns and amigas, I was introduced to win3.11 in the early 90's and have supported windows server products from NT to 2008. I play around with linux and keep my eyes open. If someone genuinely does something good I'll agree, but I also refuse to fall for the "it's cool to bash MS just cause" camp and will acknowledge when they have done something right. - alphaxion
Robert, I'm so supposed to be on this list. But before me, Zee for sure. - Aaron "Dangitsauce" Krug
I'm a techie by trade but social media has really fired up my interest in soft skills instead. I'm also a new father and low on cash so you won't see me ogling gadgets like I used to. I admire your drive to categorize everyone on FF, Robert. Hopefully you'll get some help from FF soon and won't have to compile all of this outside of the system. - Daniel J. Pritchett
You are now working for linking the names on list, I am one of them; and really thanks for your valuable time! Hope to meet you one day! - Erhan Erdogan
I wouldn't expect to be on the list, even though I'm probably at least as techie as any of the other PR people or MediaBistro. I'm really most techie as an audio geek, which I don't post about a lot here. Does being able to compose music & do sound design in ProTools, Max and at least a few dozen other geeky apps count? I know, everyone wants to be on the list.;-) - Cathryn Hrudicka
+1 Cathryn, there are many different kinds of tech, not just I got an iPhone tech. You should be sharing, I'd be most interested in sound tech. - Eric @ CS Techcast
Just realized i'm on the list. Thanks Robert !!! - Nir Ben Yona
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Robert, out of curiosity how the heck did you put this list together? - Zee. Just Zee.
Ok wait, I'm calling BS on some of this list. Are you going by who these people are or how actively they post tech related items? Dave Morin is the 5426th most active user on FF. Engadget is 5505th. They aren't really participating. - Shawn Farner
I was the lead engineer for Yahoo! Tech. Does that count for anything? - Glen Campbell
feel fee to add me if your looking for some geeks :) - (jeff)isageek
i think Robert may live to regret posting this...:) - Zee. Just Zee.
And also, note to the others: "Feel Free" to add me ; ) - Erhan Erdogan
Zee: I started about a week ago. I went through all 3300+ people I'm subscribed to (I've been gathering subscribers all year long). Then I added anyone I remembered as sharing something with me that's geeky over the years. I'll write more on the list after I finish building links. - Robert Scoble
Veronica: big oversight. You're on the list now. - Robert Scoble
Your page mentions that these are not necessarily "techies", contrary to what your post here suggests. I think your page is right. Nevertheless, great list. I wasn't expecting to see myself there, but that doesn't mean I don't want to ;). - Vinay | विनय
By the way, I don't care about participation that much. I use FriendFeed as an aggregator first, community tool second. So, if someone is bringing great content in here (like TechCrunch, who is my #1 most "Liked" feed) then I'm perfectly happy recommending that feed to others, even if he/she doesn't participate here. - Robert Scoble
This seems more like a list of techie bloggers than friendfeeders. - Chris White
I scanned the list and it's not "techie", it's more of a "People Who I Recommend" list, Robert. Why not call it what it is? :) - Mona N.
Mona: yeah, there's a few on there who fit that description, but generally they are people who bring me tech news and not much noise. - Robert Scoble
Thanks for including me, Robert - it's a great honor - Jesse Stay
Yes, those of us who actually work in enterprise tech don't qualify. ;-) Kidding. I did send you a note re: Pandora though. - Jennifer Leggio
We've come a long way since the "Elite Bloggers Joining FriendFeed In Droves" post I did six months ago. Good job, guys! - Louis Gray
good list for social media and tech, a little light on folks who actually “make” real things - if there’s a “web 3.0″ coming i think it will be more about electrons meeting atoms than just facebook apps. - make
wow, i did a quick scan and already i am seeing major discrepancies in this list including those that you say having feeds that are mostly made up of tweets. but because they are a vc or whatever they are on it. Sorry Robert, Mona's got you pegged. You should really consider renaming this. - Carlos Ayala
You don't have enough Mark's on the list :) - Mark Krynsky
Aww, Robert, you didn't have to. I was teasing you. I've just really started harnessing FriendFeed as of late. But it's a great network. - Jennifer Leggio
Actually I'm not there. heh. Maybe it didn't populate yet.I'm adding a lot of folks I missed. - Jennifer Leggio
Stirring it up again, my friend? Nice. What about me? I haven't lead you astray before, have I? (Oh, that little Scoblegate thing we had together.) We are on the cusp of a Cambrian Explosion of innovation, driven by the new "open stack." Follow me, so as not to miss any of the action. :) - John McCrea
Thanks for including me in the list Robert. Honored. - Mike Doeff
Robert - Please add me: MSCE: plus Security & Messaging; also certified Project Manager (PMP). Currently, I am the Manager over IT Integration and IT Project Management for Nelnet Enrollment Solutions (NNI) - includes Petersons.com, CUnet.com, CollegeandUniversity.net ($10M IT budget) - techie since youth - TRS80 baby just like you! VP of IT for PMIRochester.org. Founder of Rochester Social Media Club. Also highly technical wine enthusiast! - Susan Beebe
Missed me and Susan? That's it Robert. I'm callin' Alex now - Charlie Anzman
Thanks for including me on your list Robert! - Mitchell Tsai
Thanks DeWitt and Charlie! - you guys rock! Robert's list is rich with movers, shakers, influencers, networkers, early adopters, VCs, Execs, startup enterpreneurs, bloggers, software geniuses, and smart FFers! - Susan Beebe
Thanks for the mediabistro shout out- Seamus from MB - Seamus Condron
Boo! Where’s the regular people? The ones who ARE NOT “pros, gurus, specialists, masters, professors, etc”…… You forgot about the underdogs who don't get the recognition they deserve. Us little peeps need love too; these "big timers" always get recognized. - ChaCha Fance
Don't forget Sarah Perez and David Risley - Jesse Stay
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ah, i'd been traveling and wondered where a rash of new subscribers had come from - scoble effect in action, thanks robert :) - mike "glemak" dunn
This list made me feel incredibly out of touch... of course I AM out of touch, but I don't like to feel that way. (but good list anyway thanks...) - Trey Ratcliff
follow lots of those, but no me :( I blame scoble! - Dobromir Hadzhiev
Thanks for putting me on the list - can't believe that I actually made it on there! - Charlene Li
I really hate these lists... mostly because there's obviously way more than 100 people that are worth following - or we'd all have following lists of 100 or lest. Partially because the first thing we all do is look to see if we're on the list - if so, we breathe a sigh of relief, then worry about 'living up to being interesting', if not, we wonder why not and get sort of hurt and offended (I know I'm in good company, my twitterstream tells me so.) - Lucretia Pruitt
On the same level tho - they clearly create traffic and conversation - this thread is huge, people on your list are seeing bumps in their follows, and the comments are still coming in on your blog. So they obviously generate something. Unfortunately, some of us walk away feeling like we must be "failing" somehow - and that's such a crappy feeling. I know that I don't use FF sufficiently to make any list like this - but have to wonder about other folks who didn't make the cut. :\ - Lucretia Pruitt
Thanks for the inclusion. My gripe is that there are still only FriendFeed "name claimers" on this list. I know that a few people on it don't use FF at all. And you don't know what blogs I write for, Robert? ;) - Tamar Weinberg
tamar: ff started as a presence aggregator and it still does a fantastic job of that even for the "name claimers" you dislike - i don't think its a requirement for everyone to be liking and commenting up a storm on ff to bring value to a feed especially if they bring a lot of signal via their included services alone :) - mike "glemak" dunn
Robert- Crazy girl who ran after you at BWE08....gave you my trading card for http://www.MyTechOpinion.com. I use my super powers for the positive advancement of real estate technology and social media! -Nicole Nicolay "NikNik" @nik_nik - Nicole Nicolay
@Robert: Nice list—just want to mention that Sanjeev is also a FriendFeed founder as well as a developer. - Jim Norris
This most have cost some time to do, its hard enough to click on each one and subscribe to them. And it's exactly the kind of action that could lead to more people flocking to FriendFeed. Nice work, but I sometimes wonder whether these services pay you (don't worry, I already know the answer's no). - Vincent van Wylick
I guess getting all those member interviews doesn't count for much ;-) - Andrew Feinberg
one thing that is interesting about this or the criteria used, is that what does "interaction on FF" mean? What if someone is creating a ton of interesting content on flickr or podcasting? I am stoked to see the people on this list on it. Many are friends, and most I respect (there is that @technosailor dude). Lists are inherently flawed, the contribution of the people included here are not. - Micah Baldwin
I'm honored and astonished to have made this list... thanks Robert - Brian Shields
thanks for having me in this list, even though with the recession I am not sure anybody should spend too much time worrying about that... thanks Robert anyway! - Loic Le Meur
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Dave doesn't know who Louis is? you've GOT to be kidding...srsly! Dave needs to step away from facebook a sec and hang out here on FriendFeed more!!!! :*) - Susan Beebe
Wish I were there! Have a drink for me, guys. - John McCrea
Hi Dave, I didn't know who you where until just now, but nice to meet you. PS: I think Robert has a Bromance with LG! (which is completely understandable) - Geoff Schultz
You got asked that in the shower? Dude, you have to disconnect *sometime*. - Pete Delucchi
